Background
Jiro Kikkawa was born on December 15, 1929 in Yokohama, Japan; the son of Akira and Yae (Kageyama) Kikkawa. He arrived in Australia in 1961.
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Jiro Kikkawa
Jiro Kikkawa is a Japanese Australian ornithologist.
Education
Jiro Kikkawa received a Bachelor of Science from Tokyo University in 1950 and Doctor in Science from Kyoto University in 1961.
Career
Jiro Kikkawa's early zoological studies were in Japan and at Oxford University in England. He subsequently spent three years at the University of Otago in New Zealand where he began what was to become an enduring focus of research, the behavioural ecology of Silvereyes and other species of Zosterops. In 1961 he moved to Australia, first to the University of New England at Armidale, and then to the University of Queensland. As well as his studies on white-eyes he is well known for his studies on the biogeography of Australian rainforest birds.
After joining the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1961, he served on the RAOU Taxonomic Committee as well as on the editorial board of the RAOU journal Emu.
As well as numerous published scientific papers, he has authored and edited several books.
Achievements
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Jiro Kikkawa has been listed as a noteworthy Ecologist by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Jiro Kikkawa is a member of International Ornithological Committee, Ecological Society Australia and Australian-New Zealand Association Advancement of Science.
Connections
Jiro Kikkawa married Naoko Yamaya on October 25, 1957. They havve two children - Arata Graham and Naomi.
Official Titles
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Doctor
Awards
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Doctorate. L. Serventy Medal